ANNOTATING

• A Simple Guide
• AP Central
• English Journal Article
• Hunter College
• Ms. Baulch's AP
• Purposeful Annotation
• Read, Write, Think
• (VIDEO) Thinking Notes
• Wiki How to do anything

CLOSE READING

• Adapted by Elizabeth Gates for nonfiction
• AP Level and College Level Close Reading
• (VIDEO) A Reason to Read: Driving Deep Analysis
• Beth Burke on Close Reading
• Created by Elizabeth Gates
• The Art of Close Reading
• ASCD Close Reading
• Beginner's Guide
• (VIDEO) Close Reading and the CCSS1--Doug Fisher
• (VIDEO) Close Reading and the CCSS2--Doug Fisher
• Close Reading In Action (video)
• Critical Thinking Press
• Dr. McClennen
• Fisher and Frey White Paper Research Brief FAQ
• General Reading Strategies for Informational Text
• (VIDEO) The Importance of Close Reading --Beers and Probst
• iTeachBlog
• The Literary Link
• Non-freaked Out Approach
• Scaffolding Students with Complex Texts
• Snapguide
• Steps from Sage Pub
• Thinking Notes: A Strategy to Encourage Close Reading (video)
• We Are Teachers
• Web English Teacher

COMPONENTS of CRAFT

• MMAPS
• Genre: Informational Text Defined
• Style: Informational Text
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ENGAGEMENT through STUDENT TALK

• (VIDEO) Art of Questioning
• (VIDEO) Inquiry Based Discussion

EVALUATING SOURCES

• Purdue OWL
• TeAchnology
• UC Berkeley
• University of Illinois
• University of Wisconsin
• Virginia Montecino
• Wikihow
  • Research Sites and Evaluating Sources

.........Citation Machine
.........Citelighter
.........Cool Tools for Kids Web 2.0
.........Digital Research Tools
.........Easy Bib
.........Knight Cite Citation
.........National Archives
.........Noodle Tools
.........Research & Documentation online
.........Zotero

MLA FORMATTING

• Slide Show
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PATTERNS & STRUCTURES

• Apple Paragraphs
• Apple Paragraphs with Answers
• Features of Informational Text
• General Strategies for Reading Informational Text
• Graphic Organizers
• Graphic Texts
• Paragraph Template
• Signal Words
• Text Features
• Text Structures by Elizabeth Gates
• Text Structures
• They Say, I Say Templates (Index of Types, Connecting Ideas, Index2)
• What Do Students Think About the Five Paragraph Essay (article)

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Analyzing Data for Evidence
• Conducting Primary Research from Amy Hubbell
• Research Paper from Elizabeth Gates
• Research Guide

SUMMARIZATION and PURPOSE

• Determining Key Ideas (Elizabeth Gates)
• English Daily
• eNOTES
• Fisher and Frey
• Graphic Texts
• How to Write a Summary
• INQUIRE Summary Steps
• John Hopkins
• Marzano
• Reading Quest
• Skill Library
• Strategies to Improve Summary Writing
• Summarizing and Paraphrasing (Landmark, Schools)
• Summarizing Strategies (Meade Schools)
• Summary and CCSS
• (VIDEO) Word Clouds
• Worksheets (can be adapted to upper grades)